Shifting the Mindset feat. Sasan Banava

Episode 95 September 27, 2023 00:47:19
Shifting the Mindset feat. Sasan Banava
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Shifting the Mindset feat. Sasan Banava

Sep 27 2023 | 00:47:19

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Show Notes

When it comes to getting the job done, mindset is key. And Sasan Banava knows all about it. Join our next episode with Sasan Banava, who will be sharing with us about his career: From Google to Uber to Square, he’s covered a lot of ground, from establishing Uber’s in-house localization team to serving as Square’s senior director of globalization.

You can also find an interview with Sasan Banava in the june issue of Multilingual Magazine.

About Sasan: He is currently heading Globalization team at Square. He was the head of Localization & Internationalization at Uber and started the in-house localization team at the San Francisco headquarters in late 2015. He expanded the team to 20+ program managers over the last few years, after a successful pitch to the previous CEO in early 2016. Previously, he was a localization program manager at Google for 7.5 years and had driven the localization of over 25 product lines in 70+ languages.

Sasan has also been working as a localization consultant advising investment banks on the state of the localization industry, vendor space, technology, and automation.

Sasan is certified from Stanford University in advanced project management and also holds a certificate from Harvard Business School Executive Education in Leadership & Strategy. Sasan holds a BA from UC Berkeley in Near Eastern studies with emphasis on Persian language and spent two years of his academic life studying computer science. He also holds a commercial pilot’s license.

About Nimdzi Live: There is a shadow industry driving the growth of ALL global brands: Localization. Let’s talk globalization, localization, translation, interpretation, language, and culture, with an emphasis on how it affects your business, whether you have a scrappy start-up or are working in a top global brand.

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